dr_monster

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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   I’m not a lawyer, but I find the dismissive tone in the article misleading. The article quotes a former lawyer who says that a more simplified version of terms retains the same amount of rights for companies providing services - specificall
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   Apparently the TOS can be edited at any time to say anything without notice. It’s worth mentioning that per this agreement they can still do almost anything else with that data. They could put your face up on a billboard if they wanted to.
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   Is following this kind of info a hobby of yours? I find it fascinating, but I can’t imagine how learning enough to have a truly informed opinion about these topics could be actually useful to me.
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   I’d like to read more about this, has it been documented or analyzed in any organized way via books/research, etc. that is available?
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   They are all used now, unfortunately.
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   How can one get an invite to Tildes? Looks like a friendly place, reminds me of a slightly older internet :)
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   This is a plot point in the Orson Scott Card novel 'Ender's Game'. Ender plays a generative video game on an iPad-like device that responds to his decisions and incorporates people/events from his personal life, to the p
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   Thanks, I see that there is more info in this article too. I mistakenly thought this post was an older article that I had already read about her.
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   by dr_monster 3y ago

   Been listening to these songs for quite a while now - amazing songwriting. A mysterious, tragic tale, too. On Spotify there is an album called “Connie’s Piano Songs” that purport to be through-composed (as in, pen to paper notated music) ar
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    by dr_monster 4y ago

    Is there a way to collapse HN comments on lynx? I tried it but could not tell which comments were replies to others vs stand-alone comments.
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    by dr_monster 4y ago

    I also developed celiac disease recently - it is tough to deal with. Since diagnosis, meal planning, shopping and cooking have become tasks that require a lot of mental energy. Normal things like going out to a show or commuting to work are
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    by dr_monster 4y ago

    I recently listened to Christopher Lee’s reading of Dracula and subsequently followed an enjoyable rabbit hole of watching old Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing horror movies. They are campy from a modern perspective, but are produced qui